THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XX.
Entire Kaw Valley Potato Crop Hit By Killing Frosts
Freeze in North and East Devastates Many Fields —West Enduring Hot Spell
The damaged territory extended over all of northeastern Kansas. The low temperature here was 32 with a killing frost. Concordia reported 32 with a heavy frost. Winston-Salem, in Kansas, which shivered under freezing temperature yesterday, had gotten out of the cold belt by last night. Goodland reported a low temperature of 34; Dodge city 38 with no frost. Mr. Flora said that he did not think the frost and low temperatures do any damage to wheat and alfalfa.
Topoka, May 9—Thousands of dollars damage was done to the Kawai potato crop last night, state water officials said. The killing front extended over the entire Kawai valley and in addition to damage to potatoes, damage was done to early corn, and gardens. Mr. Pleasera the fruit probably was not damaged.
East Shivers While the West Sizzles
According to reports from Washington "topys turvy" weather predicted by scientific experts there by the sun's "vacation" was in evidence today as a cold wave made the east and middle west shiver, while California, Arizona, and other western states under abnormally high temperatures.
Cold weather in the state will continue throughout the day and night with low rising temperature to temperate conditions. How much damage has been done to
how much damage has been done to crops can not be determined. Spring planting was retarded and some fruit injured.
Great Lakes Hit by Near-Blizzard
 cold weather demoralized Great Lakes swept last night, as a terrestrial storm swept the lake regions. A strong storm in snow, hail, sleet, rain, and wind in different localities over a dozen or more states, was followed by cold wind, clear skies, and a temperature at 23 to 30. According to predictions, temperature will be moderate this afternoon.
Fruit damage was reported heaviest in Nebraska, Illinois, and the states of the central portion of the central west. Freezing temperatures have hardened this area, having the majority of the early spring gardens in the northwest.
New President to Assume Duties Next School Term
Dr. Brooks to go to M.U
Dr. Stratton Duluth Brooks, president of the University of Oklahoma was unanimously elected president of the University of Missouri by the board of curators, yesterday afternoon. The president-elect will assume his new duties July 1, when the next term begins. He succeeds Isidore Loeb, dean of the school of business and sciences, who recently was elected acting president to serve until the board selected a permanent executive.
Dr. Brooks is 53 years old, and in addition to wide experience as educational executive, is the author of several school text books, among them *The History of the Middle Ages*. He has been head of the Oklahoma university for eleven years. Dr. Brooks conferred with members of the board after his selection, but declined to discuss any of the policies that he had in connection with the state university.
When Dr. A. Ross Hill resigned from the presidency in 1921 the board of curators made a survey of executive officers. The first board of Dr. Brooks was in the first five. A member of the board informally sounded out Dr. Brooks at the time but the latter said he had certain qualifications at the University of Oklahoma.
Washington, May 9. — Return of prosperity and business activity has been more rapid in the country's smaller communities than in the leading cities, the post office department believes on the strength of figures which show increases in postal revenues during April.
NUMBER 151
Forty-one R. O. T. C. Men Receive Warrants Today
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1923
Forty-one non commissioned officers were presented with their warrants at drill at 4:30 this afternoon on Stadium field. Marion Macdonald Honorary Colonel of the unit, pre-s ded.
In parade formation the unit marched around the field with the band in the lead. The unit then came to "Battalion Front" facing the past section of the Stadium. The names of those receiving warrants were read and the Honorary Colonel then presented each with their warrants.
Dramatic Club Plays To be Given May 10 Offer Great Variety
Comedy, Pantomine, and Cleve Costumes Feature Three American Plays
"Six Who Pass the Lentil Bell" has a pleasant ending and is an unusual type of play. It is a contour of a simple narrative, which sets much contrast of characters.
A dress roehreau of the three plays which the Dramatic Club is to present May 10 was held before the Dramatic Art class tuesday, May 8. The play, a comedy of English was present as artic. Professor Whitbourne said that the bill offers a good deal of variety and that the three plays make an extremely good combination, each one using a different type from the others.
"Two Crooks and a Lady" is not exactly a detective play, but is melodrama and bloody, according to the east. One of the characters is an old lady whose acting offers an opportunity for good pantomime. "The Pot Bolles" is modeled after an old woman in a role in amity. The play itself is the dramaticism of a play rehearsal, at which the author is present.
The three plays, two of which have never been given in Kansas are by American authors. The play "Six Who Pass White the Lentles Ball" is by the author himself and by the author himself in Fraser bapel six or seven years ago.
One Hundred Applicants Trying To Pass State Board
'harmacists Take Exams
The Pharmacy Board is conducting its annual examination in Robinson gymnasium today. The board arrived in Lawrence yesterday and held an executive session in the Eldridge House, with the attorney-general of Kansas, preparatory to holding its examinations.
The board consists of five members: J. S. Tilford, president, of Wichita; D. F. Dean, secretary, of Stark; M. Kohl, of Attchion, N. G. Bornstein, of Stark; and a new member, Mr. Tilford is an alumnus of Kansas University.
The board is here to examine applicants wishing to practice pharmacy. One hundred persons have applied and are being examined, third day. The pharmacies of the University. The examination will take two days, and will be divided into four sessions, two morning and two afternoon. The applications will be examined on Pharmaceutical Arithmetic, Material Medica, and Chemistry, in the morning. The examinations are written.
The machine is being reset and that in running order, and it is hoped that it will be completed within the next week or ten days so that it will be in order for the display which is being planned for commencement time.
The old zeismograph which has not been in running order for the past year and a half has been moved from Blake hall, where it has been during this time, to the Geology building, its former resting place.
The board's schedule is somewhat disarranged by the coming of convoitation tomorrow morning, as they expected to be in the gymnasium both days. The superintendent of buildings in the gymnasium had been advised of Convocation by the committee.
Let's Finish the Job.
Old Seismograph Will be in Running Order Soon
Kansas-Nebraska Engineers Meet At Country Club
Society For the Promotion of Engineering Education to Discuss Ideal Text Books
The Kansas-Nebraka section of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education will present a dinner evening at 6 o'clock for dinner, which will be followed by a formal program of papers and discussions, according to Dear Leader.
The eighteenth members of the national society who are among the faculty of the University of Kansas, and the faculty from the School of Engineering, and the departments of chemistry, physics, and mathematics, who are engaged in the teaching of engineering students, will participate in the
Discuss Standard Texts
After the dinner at the Country Club, the following program will be presented: a report on the spring meeting of the society will be given by delegates from Kansas State Agricultural College and the University of Missouri. The student will introduce to the program by Prof.W. C. M. Noun, local member of the program committee.
The main program will consist of a series of three talks and discussions as follows: "The Ideal Textbook for Use in the Teaching of Science," by Dr. H. P. Cady, of the department of chemistry; "The Ideal Textbook for Use in the Teaching of Mechanics"; discussion led by Prof. W. B. Bradshaw, of engineering; and "Engineering Textbooks from the Standpoint of a Recent Graduate," by W. B. Bradshaw, instructor in civil engineering; discussion led by H. W. Anderson, instructer.
**Society Meets by Sections**
The national society includes in its mission some 200 members with educational institutions and some others only interested in the promotion of engineering education. The society, which was founded in 1894, has at present a membership number of about 36 that of its first seven memberships.
It is the plan of the national society to have the members of different sections of the country meet as a council. The council consists of Kanasas-Nebraska section, which includes all members in the two states. Most of these are connected with either the University of Kansas, Kansascounty College, or the University of Nebraska.
Date Rule is Suspended
Susanina Moody, c24, was elected representative from the Women's Student Government Association to the Senate committee for the 1924 Invahawk.
It was also decided to co-operate with the Y. W. C. A. in sending letters to high school girls who are planning on coming to the University next year. These letters will contain answers on matters of importance to freshmen. Junior Simone was appointed to take care of sending the letters.
Date rule will be suspended for the reminder of the year beginning next Thursday, May 10, it was decided at the regular meeting of the Women's Student Government Association last night.
Goes Into Effect Thursday for Remainder of Year
The third story of East Administration building is practically deserted today. The only occupants are the members of a class in design left there on their honor by a hard-hearted professor.
Design Studies Desert Work for Spring Hike
On the door leading to the third floor is a notice conveying the following information: "It is customary to give a picnic each spring. The teachers are invited to this picnic, but now nothing of the preparations for the picnic are rumored that the Bohemians have gone up the river to the Cameron's blue."
London, May 9—A Russian gun-bustion today captured another English trawler off Murmukan, claiming it fishing in Russian territorial waters.
WIRE FLASHES
Topeka, May 9 — Announcement was made here today that J. D. M. Crockett, Kansas City, Kan., has resigned from the state board for the examination of public accountants and that Governor Davis has recommended the appointment of A. C. Sanders, of Wichita, to succeed him.
St. Paul, May 9—$80,000 of the money stolen in the robbery at the Denver mint last year has been re-released as service operators announced today.
New York, May 9—Judge Mayer this afternoon announced that the government application for an international coffee and sugar exchange negotiations had been denied. The judge's announcement was in a form of brief memorandum. Formal decision has not yet been made, but he has the judge explained the denial.
Troy Doctor Donates Ethnological Collection To University Museum
Unusual Specimens Moved Here In Preliminary Visit by H. T. Martin
The specimens, unusual in size and form, consist roughly of: 275 axes and celts, 500 pieces of arrows and needles, 150 pieces of the incised variety, ploys,钻s, arrow straighteners, discisolids, metates, mealy troughs, grinders, several Indian skulls, paint material, plastic sheaths or flushes used in tanning hides.
H. T. Martin, assistant curator of the museum, and Raymond Hall, '24 went to Troy Saturday and brought back some of the material. H. T. Martin is an old friend of Doctor Dinsmore, and has been concerned with the donation for years. He was the first to know of the donation to the University.
Dr. R. S. Dinsmore of Troy recently gave to the University of the most valuable collections of entomological, material in the state which he has been gathering together for the last fifty years.
This trip was only a preliminary visit, and a ton and a half of material is yet to be taken, according to the reports of specimens were discovered in Kansas.
Frolic To Be Last Dance During This School Year
Freshmen Announce Party
Plans for elaborate decorations have been made, according to Murill Slawson, e20, who is managing the party this year. An orchestra from Topeka will furnish the music for the concert. A dance of the sort to be given this year, and the committees in charge are expecting a large attendance.
The Freshman Prolic, annual dance of the freshman class, will be given in the spring. The Freshman Museum. It will be a 1 o'clock party. In accordance with the attitude of the school administration toward freshmen, freshmen are expected to attend.
Mrs. E. H. Lindley left today for Montreal, Canada, where she will sail on the S. S. Regina, May 12, for the Rhodes College, who is a Rhodes scholar there.
"The admission is less than to any other University party this year," said Slawson today. "We are running a risk in placing the price so low, for unless most of the freshmen attend we cannot break even. I am certain, though, that the class will co-operate in this affair."
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All-University Convocation is called for 10 o'clock Thursday morning in Robinson Gymnasium. Classes will be shortened to thirty-five minutes schedule and the official schedule will be as follows:
1st hour
2nd hour
Convocation
3rd hour
4th hour
8:30 to 9:05
9:15 to 10:55
10:00 to 10:50
11:00 to 11:35
11:45 to 12:20
E. H. Liddley. H.
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European Affairs Tend to Retard World a Century
Former Director of Junior Red Cross in Europe Predicts Chaos in Future
"Twentieth century civilization has an excellent chance of being retrained a hundred years if the precarious man he has led said R. P. Lane, former director of the Junior American Red Cross in Europe, in speaking to history and political science students yesterday on "The Occupation of the Ruhr."
"Every lighting flash from the East brings news of a more disturbed condition; martial law is again in effect; and France and Great Britain are not standing as allies," said Mr. Lane, who has just returned from three years' stay in France. "No Frenchman doubts that German, instead to invade France again if the possibility presents itself. French soldiers can attack German forces and loathe Germany, and the children on the other side of the Rhine are being taught a similar 'hymn of Hate.'"
Birth-rate Decrease Great
The French birth-rate was less by 25,454 in the latter half of 1922 than in the just half of 1921. The onesthat for the same periods increased from 80 in 1919 to 73 rages during the second period was 44,151 fewer than that of the first. The French government is trying to stimulate the birth-rate, but without success.
The French believe that Germany is able to pay her indemnity; that she has deliberately manipulated the depreciation of the mark and has invested her money outside of the country. The British on the other hand think that Germany is sincere in her plea of bankruptcy, and must be given
ample time in which to recuperate if she is to make any payments whatever. The future of Great Britain is the result of power on the continent and conditions somewhat as they were before the war," Mr. Lane continued.
Condition of France Best
France, on the contrary is more self-supporting than any other European country and considers the immediate payment of reparations of prime importance. If France is not indemnified in gold she will probably seek additional adjudicative territory belonging to Germany, according to Mr. Lane.
Terry Speaks to Y.W.C.A.
"Every conference has drawn the two former allies far apart," Mr Lane said. "and the strained relations have created a breach. The least the United States might do would be to establish a board of investigation composed of economists, sociologists, and political scientists." A government to formulate some sort of policy.
June Judy Tells of Big Sister Work Next Year
"The association is a means to an end and not an end in itself," she said. "We are organized by organization, and how the organization with its various committees fulfills our purpose."
"The Y, W. C. A. is not merely an organization or a movement, but a movement organized," said Ruth Terry, president of the Y. W. C. A., at the meeting of the Y. W. C. A. in conference yesterday at 1:30 p.m.
June Jaule, chairman of the Big Sister committee, told of the work of that committee for next year and asked the members desiring to do more. The committee has agreed and they may get the names of the women coming to school next year from the high school transcripts that have been sent in this spring. Lillian Mayer announced a meeting of all women going to Etes park to the Y. W. C. A. conference this summer. At 4:30 p.m. on Monday May 14
Washington, May 9—Senator Houston of Missouri is Ex-President Wilson's present choice for Democratic presidential nomination for 1924. Wilson has made no announcement, in fact he probably will avoid putting the Wilson stamp of approval on any man at this time.
Summer Students Must Enroll at Stated Time
Students who are going to attend Summer School will register next week; and the following week, enrolment will take place. It is important that the students register and enroll at the appointed time.
"The reason for having registration at this time is that it is necessary to have transcripts of students up to date from all four locations, Kent, director of summer session." "It is impossible to bring all the transcripts up to date at this time and therefore we care of the number expected to enroll out of the present student body."
Sociology Laboratory, Is Plan for Next Year, By Local Department
A laboratory for the department of sociology of the University of Kansas will be established in Kansas City, Kan., next fall, according to Dr. F. W. Blackmar, head of the department of sociology, who spoke at a meeting of the Kansas Chest organization at the Kansas City, Kan., Chamber of Commerce.
"The work of the department will be regulated by the amount of appreciation available," Doctor Blackman said. "This is an opportunity to serve the charitable organizations of the city while giving an active field experience in psychology students in the University, and is a needed addition to the course."
An outline of a plan for co-ordinating the children's institutions in the city was given by Stuart A. Queen, professor in the department of sociology. "Conditions in the institutions generally are good," said Professor Queen, "although there is need for a better systematizing of the records. A yearly budget of $6,000 would be required for the work and an agency of this kind. The support of the department of sociology of the University would be available in working out a better co-ordination among the homes.
To Be Located in Kansas City Kansas; Childrens' Homes Coordinated
"The survey of homes was started by the University before the World War II, and it is now hard to be given up because of conditions. Now it will be possible to have a sociological laboratory for themu-museum of the city and of theUniversity."
By "laboratory" Doctor Blackman said, is meant a field in which students intending to make sociology a profession could study problems at first hand among the children and families of the poorer classes.
Dean Kent Makes Survey
Dodge City Asks Aid in Planning New High School
Dean R. A. Kent returned this morning from Dodge City where he has been in the interest of the Bureau of Mining, to work for the new high school building which the city is planning to erect. The schools of Dodge City are overcrowded and the city invited the Built School Service to make this survey.
Fr, P. F, F. Oblen is head of this bureau. He is assist de by Dean Kent, Prof. H. P, Smith, F. C. Gardner, and M. A. Mansfield to study students in the School of Education.
The survey consists of material on the growth of the town for the last five or ten years and on the probable future of the town. A suitable location, with a good school, is accorded. The school finances are taken into consideration and also the type of community so as to discover the kind of training which would be desirable to establish. This is the fourth school to take advantage of the school survey. Ottawa, City, and Great Bear have asked its aid.
Tau Sigma, honorary dancer fraternity, held a meeting for the election of officers for the next year Monday evening at Robinson Gymnastics. This meeting was the last time the gymnasts will be installed Friday noon, and will take office next year. Mildred Maxwell* was elected president; Marion Reid, vice-president; Ferne Holdinghery secretary; Bernice Delaney corresponding secretary; Gladys Snarty secretary; Bertie Pattison son; serenct-at-arma.
Stone Fireplace In Union Building, Gift of Seniors
Will be Built in West Wall;
1923 Class Numersal
to be Placed in
Keystone
A cut-stone fireplace in the new Student Union building has been decided upon by the Memorial committee of the senior class as the memorial to the University of the class at the northwest corner of the west wall of the main room on the first floor of the building. "As a student enters from the front, he will see this fireplace," said Paul Endrex, chairman o<sub>4</sub> the memorial committee, "and as he leaves for the terrace by the west exit, he sees the fireplace, it is an excellent position, both for convenience, and to be seen well."
The fireplace will be built in the same style of architecture as the whole building, which is a modified English Gothic. The numerals of the class will be placed on the keys-of the arch, or on a slab on the floor.
Work on Building to Start Soon
Work on the Student Union building will start within less than a year, but at first only the central portion of it will be built. It will be in the central room of this portion.
Class Has Sufficient Funds
The class has about $700 available for this memorial, which will be sufficient to build it. There is to be no dedication ceremony of any sort, as the fireplace will be built as an integral part of the building.
The memorial committee decided upon this gift as it thought that a gift which would be associated with the Student Union building and the University's memorial to its soldier heroes would be more fitting than anything else they could choose. "The first on the hearth will keep alight in the memory of the students the students of the boys who gave their lives for their country," said one of the committee. "It will be the home-hearth of the University of Kansas, and the heart of the life of her students."
Dains has Arizona Offer Notice of Proffered Position Comes From Virginia
Press dispatches received in Lawrence today say that Prof. F, B. Dainas of the department of chemistry has been offered a professorship of the University of Arizona by Dr. G. Montague Butler, dean of the colleges of矿es and engineering. The announcement came from Norfolk, Va., where Doctor Butler is attending the convention of the American Association of Engineers. He will meet with the recommendation of the president of the University of Arizona.
Doctor Dainis learned of the offer through press dispatches and had no comment to make on the reported offer, as he was in New York. He way to Lawrence from North Vancouver, N.
Doctor Dainis holds the rank of professor here and is in charge of the sections of organic chemistry. He taught for the first time here in 1893-94 and returned to the University in 1907. In 1908, he attended Chicago, Wesleyan University, the Universities of Berlin and Friesburg, and Washburn.
1923 Kansas Wheat Crop Estimated Below Average
Topека, May 9 — Kansas wheat crop of 1923 is estimated at 115,000,000 bushels by E. D. Paxton, United States agricultural statistician for Kansas in his May crop report announced here today.
The Faxton estimate is 77 per cent normal. This is 3 per cent higher than the report on May 1, 1922, but is 8 per cent below the ten year average. The report states that wheat in the eastern part of the state is in an excellent condition. However, the crop is measured by insects in many sections.
Owls to Initiate Twenty-four
The Owls, honorary junior organization, will hold initiation exercises for twenty-four pledges tonight at the Acacia house. All pledges are required to meet at Brick's at 5:30 this afternoon.